Frank Gehry

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Frank Gehry Wiki Biography

Frank Owen Goldberg was born on 28 February 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of Russian, Jewish and Polish descent. Frank is an architect, known for creating numerous world-renowned attractions, and is considered one of the most influential figures in contemporary architecture. Vanity Fair has labelled him “the most important architect of our age”; all of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Frank Gehry? As of late-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $50 million, mostly earned through his successful career in architecture. Some of his best known works include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and the New World Center in Miami Beach. All of these have helped ensure the position of his wealth.

At a young age, Frank already showed a lot of creativity and was encouraged by his grandmother to continue his craft. He built little cities using scraps of wood and started to develop a liking for “everyday” materials thanks to spending time at his grandfather’s hardware store. Their family immigrated to the United States in 1947, and he would study at Los Angeles City College while working as a delivery truck driver. Eventually, he attended the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture and graduated in 1954. After graduating, he went on to do numerous jobs, including serving in the United States Army. Two years later, he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard Graduate School of Design and study city planning, left prematurely because he didn’t like the ideals of the school, in particular apparent political bias, correctness.

He returned to Los Angeles and started working at Victor Gruen Associates, and was given his chance to design a private residence at the age of 28; the house would become “The David Cabin” which featured numerous Asian influences. In 1961, he moved to Paris and started working there, but the following year he moved to Los Angeles, and started his own practice which would eventually become Frank Gehry and Associates in 1967. He designed several projects in Southern California including the Santa Monica Palace, however, what really pushed him to popularity was his own residence, which he purchased in 1977 and re-designed.

He continued on projects in the 1980s, including the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and the California Museum of Science and Industry. In 1989, he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in recognition of his successful works. He continued making designs in the 1990s, most of which were national and international commissions, helping create the Dancing House, Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, and the Cinematheque Francaise. He reached international acclaim when he opened the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain in 1997, after which he started getting a lot more major commissions, and established himself as one of the world’s most notable architects. He worked on several concert halls, and was responsible for designing Millennium Park in Chicago. He also designed various academic buildings such as the Peter B. Lewis Library and the Stata Center. Some of his most recent projects include the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at Sydney University, and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. In 2014, the Biomuseo in Panama and the Fondation Louis Vuitton were also opened.

For his personal life, Frank changed his last name due to the antisemitism he experienced as a child. It is known that Gehry married Anita Snyder in 1952, but they divorced in 1966; they had two daughters. In 1967, he married Berta Isabel Aguilera and they have two sons. He is a fan of ice hockey and holds dual citizenship. He is also a member of the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey.

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Frank Gehry Quick Info

Full Name Frank Gehry
Net Worth $50 Million
Date Of Birth February 28, 1929
Place Of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profession Architect
Education USC School of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Los Angeles City College
Nationality Canadian, American
Spouse Berta Isabel Aguilera (m. 1975), Anita Snyder (m. 1952–1966)
Children Alejandro Gehry, Samuel Gehry, Leslie Gehry, Brina Gehry
Parents Irving Goldberg, Thelma Goldberg
Siblings Doreen Gehry
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0962197/
Awards Pritzker Architecture Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Royal Gold Medal, Praemium Imperiale, AIA Gold Medal, National Medal of Arts, Wolf Prize in Arts, Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, Woodrow Wilson Awards, Kiesler Prize for Architectu…
Nominations Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings

Frank Gehry Quotes

  • [observation, 2016] Some forty years ago, I stood before a lifelike vision of a charioteer at a museum in Delphi that brought me to tears. I realized then that part of our mission was to create spaces that expressed feelings.

Frank Gehry Important Facts

  • He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, by President Barack Obama, in a live televised ceremony held in the East Room of the White House, on November 22, 2016, along with twenty other recipients, the the largest, and final Medal of Freedom ceremony of Obama’s presidency. At this ceremony, the twenty-one recipients, in alphabetical order, included: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elouise Cobell (posthumous award given to her son), Ellen DeGeneres, Robert De Niro, Richard Garwin, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Frank Gehry, Margaret Hamilton (as Margaret H. Hamilton), Tom Hanks, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (posthumous award given to her niece), Michael Jordan, Maya Lin, Lorne Michaels, Newton Minow, Eduardo Padron (as Eduardo Padrón), Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Vin Scully, Bruce Springsteen, and Cicely Tyson.
  • Santa Monica, California [June 2007]
  • Awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1989.
  • Became a US citizen in 1950.
  • He was awarded the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on November 12,2002 for his services to architecture.
  • Received an honorary diploma from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004.
  • He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1998 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
  • In 2001, he renovated the wine cellar in the home of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Pitt subsequently did an informal apprenticeship in Gehry’s Los Angeles office.
  • Renowned architect, whose projects include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and the Walt Disney concert hall in Los Angeles. His style is characterized by a sculptural approach to architecture.

Frank Gehry Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Gregory Way TV 2011 TV Series Actor
Miles Ahead 2015 associate producer Producer
Visual Acoustics 2008 Documentary special thanks – as Frank O. Gehry Thanks
Speed Racer 2008 the producers wish to thank Thanks
Arthur 2004 TV Series thanks – 1 episode Thanks
Face of a Nation 2017 Documentary post-production Himself (rumored) Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider 2016 Documentary Self
Burden 2016/IV Documentary Self
The Characters 2016 TV Series Himself Self
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 2016 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Imagine 2015 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Le grand journal de Canal+ 2014 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Tavis Smiley 2012-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Competition 2013 Documentary Frank Gehry Self
Gazzara 2012 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
The Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ 2012 Documentary Self
Fareed Zakaria GPS 2011 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
60 Minutes 2011 TV Series documentary Himself – Architect (segment “The Billionaire”) Self
Der Gruen Effekt 2010 TV Movie documentary as Frank O. Gehry Self
Masterclass 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Charlie Rose 1997-2009 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself Self
Art, Architecture and Innovation: Celebrating the Guggenheim Museum 2009 Documentary short Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Wisdom 2008 Video documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner 2008 Documentary Himself Self
Visual Acoustics 2008 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Independent Lens 2008 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Cool School 2008 Documentary Himself Self
American Masters 2005 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Simpsons 2005 TV Series Himself Self
Arthur 2004 TV Series Himself Self
Making the Modern 2003 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
My Architect 2003 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Superstructures of America 2002 TV Series documentary Himself – Design Principal, Gehry & Associates Self
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy 2001 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back 1999 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Adrienne Clarkson Presents 1994 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians 1993 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Deconstructivist Architects 1990 Documentary Himself (as Frank O. Gehry) Self
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years 1988 Documentary Himself as Frank O. Gehry Self
Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture 1984 Documentary Himself as Frank O. Gehry Self
La imagen de tu vida 2006 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Baukunst 2005 TV Series documentary Himself, Architect Archive Footage

Frank Gehry Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2014 Prince of Asturias Award Prince of Asturias Awards Arts Won
2014 Prince of Asturias Award Prince of Asturias Awards Arts Nominated